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SUMMARY:Virtual Conference - From Surviving to Thriving: Well-Being Strategies for Healthcare Professionals
DESCRIPTION: From Surviving to Thriving: Well-Being Strategies for Healthcare Professionals\nJoin us online on November 18th\, 2025\, to hear from leading experts about:  From Surviving to Thriving: Well-Being Strategies for Healthcare Professionals. \nREGISTER TODAY FOR ALL THE LATEST DETAILS! \n  \nAlready registered? Click here to login to your account and view the conference. \n \n \n\n  \n– – – Conference Speakers – – –\n\nDr. Adam Smith – Crossover Health Market Physician Director / Medical Director for Apple Wellness Centers in Austin and SacramentoTopic: Better at the Bedside: Connecting People\, Purpose and Performance through Better Communication\nDr. Frankie Hale – Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii at Manoa School of NursingTopic: Factors Contributing to Well-being among Hospital-Based Nurses\nDr. Sarah Webber – Director of Well-being\, UW-Madison School of MedicineTopic: Recentering Our Values: A Tool for Personal and Organizational Transformation\n\n  \n\n\nThank you to our sponsors!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Building a Sustainable Culture of Wellness
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nA Strategic Approach to Maximize Engagement\, Retention\, and Quality of Care\nJoin one of two free live webinars led by Kathleen Perno\, RN\, MBA\, CLC\, CEO of Well-Being Solutions.   \n\nIn today’s healthcare environment\, supporting staff well-being isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s a strategic imperative. A sustainable culture of wellness directly impacts employee engagement\, retention\, and the quality of patient care. In this session\, you’ll learn how to move beyond surface-level wellness programs and implement a strategic\, systems-based approach that drives real results. \n\nWhat You’ll Learn:\n\nWhy wellness must be embedded into the foundation of your organization—not treated as an add-on\nHow to identify barriers to well-being and implement solutions that stick\nKey metrics to track culture change and measure impact\nPractical steps to align leadership\, operations\, and care teams around a shared vision of well-being\n\n  \n\nWHEN IT’S HAPPENING:\n📅 Thursday\, July 17th at 2:00 PM Central This session includes live Q&A and actionable takeaways for healthcare leaders\, HR teams\, and wellness champions. \n\nReserve Your Spot Now\nComplete the form below to register and receive event details and your access link. \n \n\nPresented by: Kathleen Perno\, RN\, MBA\, CLC CEO\, Well-Being Solutions A leading voice in organizational well-being and facilitator of Wellness Pathways™ Organization Culture Consulting. \n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.championsofwellness.com/event/webinar-building-a-sustainable-culture-of-wellness-2/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
CATEGORIES:Webinar
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SUMMARY:Webinar: Building a Sustainable Culture of Wellness
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nA Strategic Approach to Maximize Engagement\, Retention\, and Quality of Care\nJoin one of two free live webinars led by Kathleen Perno\, RN\, MBA\, CLC\, CEO of Well-Being Solutions.   \n\nIn today’s healthcare environment\, supporting staff well-being isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s a strategic imperative. A sustainable culture of wellness directly impacts employee engagement\, retention\, and the quality of patient care. In this session\, you’ll learn how to move beyond surface-level wellness programs and implement a strategic\, systems-based approach that drives real results. \n\nWhat You’ll Learn:\n\nWhy wellness must be embedded into the foundation of your organization—not treated as an add-on\nHow to identify barriers to well-being and implement solutions that stick\nKey metrics to track culture change and measure impact\nPractical steps to align leadership\, operations\, and care teams around a shared vision of well-being\n\n  \n\nChoose the Time That Works Best for You:\n📅 Thursday\, June 12th at 11:00 AM Central  📅 Thursday\, July 17th at 2:00 PM Central Each session includes live Q&A and actionable takeaways for healthcare leaders\, HR teams\, and wellness champions. \n\nReserve Your Spot Now\nComplete the form below to register and receive event details and your access link. \n \n\nPresented by: Kathleen Perno\, RN\, MBA\, CLC CEO\, Well-Being Solutions A leading voice in organizational well-being and facilitator of Wellness Pathways™ Organization Culture Consulting. \n  \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.championsofwellness.com/event/webinar-building-a-sustainable-culture-of-wellness/
LOCATION:Online\, United States
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SUMMARY:Virtual Conference - The Power of Leadership: Shaping Wellness in Medicine
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\nThe Power of Leadership: Shaping Wellness in Medicine\nJoin us online on May 13th\, 2025\, to learn how to lead with impact—building a culture of support\, staying grounded under pressure\, and creating lasting change in clinician well-being without sacrificing your own. \n  \nThis event has ended\, Be sure to register for our next event here.\n \n\nAGENDA\n\n\n\n\nTime (CT)\n\n\nSession\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\n \nKickoff\nChampions of Wellness Vice President of Media Logan Johnson\n\n\n10:00 am\nSpeaker\nDr. Julia Egan Director of Telehealth and Clinician Services\, Telecare Corporation\nTOPIC: Building Recovery-Centered Leadership Cultures\n\n\n\n10:50 am\nSpeaker\nDr. Ami Doshi  Vice Chair of Faculty Development & Wellness\, UC San Diego Department of Pediatrics\nTOPIC: A Toolkit for Wellness-Centered Leadership \n \n\n\n\n11:40 am\nSpeaker\nDr. Lisa Wocken Performance Neuroscience Coach and Facilitator\, PhD Organizational Leadership\, Founder of Bolster Leadership\nTOPIC: Focus and Flow in High-Pressure Contexts: Lead without sacrificing your own well-being!\n \n\n\n\n \nWrap-Up\nChampions of Wellness Vice President of Media \n\n\n\nThank you to our amazing sponsors!\n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:Virtual Conference: Improving Well-Being in the Workplace - Strategies for Healthcare Leadership
DESCRIPTION:Improving Well-Being in the Workplace:\nStrategies for Healthcare Leadership\nJoin us online on November 12th\, 2024\, to hear from healthcare leaders on the latest models\, frameworks\, and programming for creating a culture of clinician well-being. \nBecome a Champion now to get automatically registered for the virtual conference and other Champions of Wellness content\, including the bi-annual publication\, podcast\, video library\, and more! \nBECOME A CHAMPION!\nAlready a Champion? Click here to log in.\n\nNovember 12th\, 2024\, Virtual Conference Agenda:\n\n\n\n\nTime (CT)\n\n\nSession\n\n\nDescription\n\n\n\n\nKickoff\nChampions of Wellness Vice President of Media Logan Johnson\n\n\n10:00 am\nSpeaker\nHeather Spies\nPhysician Director of Clinician Experience\, Sanford Health \nTOPIC: The Broad Impact of A Premier Clinician Leadership Development Program on Culture & Well-being\n\n\nBio: Heather Spies\, MD\, MBA\, FACOG\, serves as Physician Director of Clinician Experience and Well-being at Sanford Health. Dr. Spies is a board-certified OB/GYN physician and has been with Sanford Health since 2006. Dr. Spies actively practices in women’s health and also leads clinician experience and well-being for the health system. She has an MBA in Organizational Leadership\, completed the Executive Chief Wellness Officer Course with the Stanford Medicine WellMD & WellPhD program\, is Hogan Personality Assessment Certified\, and serves as a peer clinician coach. Dr. Spies has applied her leadership skills and knowledge to improve the well-being of the clinicians at Sanford Health through the development and support of many initiatives focused on the overall experience of clinicians. She developed & implemented the Enterprise Clinician Well-being Council\, is the co-creator & administrator of Sanford RISES—Sanford’s premier leadership development program for clinicians—and she publishes the quarterly Clinician Experience Newsletter. She also partners with Clinical Informatics Leadership to continuously improve Efficiency of Practice for clinicians.Under Dr. Spies’ leadership\, the American Medical Association recognized Sanford Health as a Gold Level recipient of the Joy in Medicine™ Health System Recognition Program. The AMA distinction recognized an elite group of health systems for their demonstrated commitment to preserving the well-being of healthcare team members by engaging in proven efforts to combat work-related stress and burnout. As a result\, Sanford has been recognized nationally as a leader in this area and has been highlighted in and participated in several meetings\, industry articles\, podcasts\, and interviews. Recently\, Dr. Spies appeared on the front page of the Midwest Medical Edition of MED Magazine as a recognition of these efforts\, and was honored this year with Sanford Health’s “Doctor’s Doctor” Award.Dr. Spies is also a clinical associate professor of OB/GYN for the USD Sanford School of Medicine. She attended medical school at the University of South Dakota and completed her OB/GYN residency at Creighton University in Omaha\, NE.\n\n\n\n\n10:50 am\nSpeaker\nRobert McGregor\nChief Medical Officer\, Akron Children’s Hospital \nTOPIC: A Collaborative Model for Building a Barrier-Free Mental Health and Wellness Program for Medical Staff and Trainees\n\nBio: Dr. Rob McGregor is currently in his 12th year as Akron Children’s Hospital’s Chief Medical Officer\, Professor of Pediatrics at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) and clinically still practices medicine as part of the pediatric hospital medicine inpatient team.Dr. McGregor graduated from Juniata College with high honors. He then graduated from medical school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Dr. McGregor served as a pediatric resident followed by a fourth year as Chief Pediatric Resident all at Pittsburgh Children’s Hospital and remained on the faculty as part of their prestigious Diagnostic Referral Group. From Pittsburgh Children’s he moved to Geisinger Medical Center in Danville\, PA\, where he ran the pediatric training program. Six years later\, he returned to a traditional free-standing children’s hospital\, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children\, where he spent 16 years as the Pediatric Program Director and multiple administrative roles including interim Chair of Pediatrics and Pediatrician in Chief. Dr. McGregor has received numerous teaching awards and was inducted into the honorary organization Alpha Omega Alpha. Dr. McGregor has attended additional programs at Harvard School of Public Health and completed the Advanced Management Program (AMP) from Harvard Business School in 2019. Most recently\, he completed certification as a Healthcare Peer Coaching Practitioner through the Physician Coaching Institute and is actively enrolled in the PCI Cohort of the Physician Development Coach program to be certified as a Physician Executive Coach.In addition to being a board member of the hospital\, he oversees all the physician and advanced practice leaders and their team members in their care delivery\, physician\, and APP recruitment\, with the Chief Quality Officer reporting to him as well as the Medical Staff Office and the Wellness Committee of the medical staff. For the almost three years of COVID operation\, along with the Chief Operating Officer\, he served as co-incident commander. As his avocation working along with the medical education teams at Summa Medical System and Akron Children’s\, he and Dr. Joe Varley founded a 501C3– Akron Physician Wellness Initiative (APWI – providing barrier-free\, concierge mental health and well-being services for all trainees and medical staff members for both organizations) and served as their inaugural Board Chair.Outside of work\, he is active in Akron Rotary serving on their Board and Past-President 2019-2020. He is also dedicated to his own well-being and resilience. Rob\, a recovering marathoner\, remains an avid exercise enthusiast including road cycling\, weightlifting and most recently pickleball. Rob practices Sudarshan Kriya yoga (SKY Breathing) almost daily.\n\n\n\n\n11:55 am\nSpeaker\nLisa Williams\nAssociate Dean for Wellness and Well-Being\, University of Kentucky \n\nTOPIC: Department Enhancement Projects: Integrating Frontline Clinicians in the Culture Change Process \n\nBios: Lisa Williams\, MSSA\, is an empathetic disruptor\, guiding organizations through transformative processes to tackle systemic causes of burnout\, enhance professional fulfillment\, and create cultures of organizational well-being. The Associate Dean for Wellness and Well-Being at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine\, Lisa established the university’s first Office for Wellness and Well-Being. Prior\, Lisa was an adjunct assistant professor in the UK College of Health Sciences and Emotional Intelligence Advisor to the Physician Assistant Department. She has served as a leadership coach and organizational consultant\, a co-founder of the High Impact Leadership Project\, and an executive leader for various organizations\, including the former University of Kentucky Institute for Workplace Innovation.\n\n\n\n\n \nWrap-Up\nChampions of Wellness Vice President of Media Logan Johnson
URL:https://www.championsofwellness.com/event/champions-of-wellness-virtual-conference-healthcare/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Conference: The Role of Human Resources in Healthcare Worker Well-Being
DESCRIPTION:The Role of Human Resources in Healthcare Worker Well-Being\nJoin us online on May 16th\, 2024\, to hear from leading experts on HR-centered tactics to help leaders improve the well-being of their teams and colleagues. \nBecome a Champion now to get automatically registered for the virtual conference and other Champions of Wellness content\, including the bi-annual publication\, podcast\, video library\, and more! \n\nBECOME A CHAMPION!\nAlready a Champion? Click here to sign in and view the Virtual Conference.\n\n\nMay 16th\, 2024\, Virtual Conference Agenda:\nSession 1: Haley Harbaugh | Director of Learning & Ed Bloom Healthcare\nTopic: Challenging the Curse of Knowledge: Why the first 90 days matters… Setting Providers up for Success \nSession 2: Jennifer Ferrand | Director of Wellness Hartford HealthCare\nTopic: Creating a Culture of Well-Being: Leveraging Organizational Values and Behaviors to Achieve Change \nSession 3: Kristin Jacob & Courtney Hilbert | Med Director Office of Physician Fulfillment Corewell Health\nTopic: Bright-Spotting: Shining the Light on Best Practices
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